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Hawker & Cradock Flood - 20 January
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Locals and TV news filmcrew |
A
monsoonal depression dumped a
record 173.7 mm of rain on
Hawker and much of the
surrounding country in the period from Thursday to Saturday 18 -20
January 2007.
The heaviest rain
commenced about 2am on the Friday morning and continued until about noon
on Saturday. In this time about 150 mm fell resulting in the old railway
dam in Hawker filling and overflowing and all creeks in the area becoming raging
torrents. |
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Severe
damage occurred to the Wilpena Road, 5km from Hawker where the Wonoka
Creek ran a huge flood. |
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Wilpena Road damage |
Wonoka Creek 7am Saturday |
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Hookina Creek 4pm Saturday |
Hookina
Creek ran a monster flood over the Leigh Creek road, 16km north of
Hawker. Flood waters from the Wonoka and Arkaba Creeks combined to form
this massive flood whose waters should have reached Lake Torrens. |
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Cradock Sunday 2pm |
Northern approach to Cradock |
Northern approach to Cradock |
"Bitumen" 1km NW of Cradock |
Damage to Cradock - Hawker Road |
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Cradock probably experienced its worst
flood since European settlement. The Cradock Creek well and truly burst
its bank in Cradock and along the bitumen road towards Hawker. Major
flooding occurred for kilometres beyond the creek taking with it fencing
and damaging the recently (2003) constructed bitumen road. |
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3 days
after the rain stopped |
Wonoka Creek, Wilpena Road |
Tree resting place, Wonoka Creek |
Duck pond & lizard |
Close up of lizard |
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Hookina Creek crossing after repairs |
West End Flat "road" |
Debris caught in centre tree shows flood
level |
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New
January Rainfall records |
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In the
24 hours ending at 9am on Saturday 20th January Hawker
received 125.4mm of rain. This surpassed the previous record for any day
in January of 112.5mm on 19 January 1937. In addition, the monthly total
of 176.1mm surpasses the previous record 0f 157mm which fell in
January 1937.
The daily total of 125.4mm on 20th
January was the highest official recording for the whole of
Australia. Source:
Australian Weather News
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District rainfall map for 18 - 21
January 2007
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Other links |
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Large photos at
www.hawkermotors.com.au/floods07.htm |
